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stylaster

stylaster noun: any member of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals.

stylaster: any member of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals
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Noun

stylaster (plural stylasters)

  1. Any member of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals.

Forms of stylaster

pluralstylasters

Origin of stylaster

From the genus name.

Questions about stylaster

What does stylaster mean?
Stylaster means any member of the genus Stylaster of calcareous hydroid corals.
What part of speech is stylaster?
Stylaster is a noun.
What is the plural of stylaster?
The plural of stylaster is stylasters.

Words near stylaster in the dictionary

  1. stygophilic
  2. stying
  3. stylable
  4. stylalgia
  5. stylar
  6. stylaster
  7. stylasterid
  8. stylasterids
  9. stylasterine
  10. stylasters
  11. stylate

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